Ali Reghba

Ali Reghba
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Maribor
Number 11
Youth career
Home Farm
Shelbourne
2018 Bohemians
2019–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Bohemians 12 (2)
2022–2023 Belouizdad 22 (1)
2024–2025 Rabotnichki 27 (7)
2025– Maribor 38 (4)
International career
2018–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 11 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2026

Ali Reghba (Arabic: علي رغبة; born 14 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor. Born in Germany, he has played youth football for the Republic of Ireland national team.

Club career

Born in Essen, Germany, Reghba moved to Coolock, Dublin with his family when he was six years old. There, he made his senior debut with Bohemians at the age of 18.

In 2019, Reghba signed for the reserves of English Premier League side Leicester City. Before the second half of 2021–22, he signed for CR Belouizdad in Algeria. On 7 March 2022, he debuted for the club during a 2–0 win over PAC.

On 3 February 2025, Reghba joined Slovenian PrvaLiga outfit Maribor on a contract until summer 2027.

International career

Reghba was born in Germany to an Algerian father and Irish mother. He is eligible to represent Germany through birth, and Algeria through his father.

He was part of the Republic of Ireland under-19 team between 2018 and 2019, and made eleven appearances for the team.

Honours

Belouizdad

References

  1. ↑ "Ali Reghba Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ali Reghba – NK Maribor" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Archived from the original on 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ali Reghba » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 Fennessy, Paul (18 April 2019). "The Irish-Algerian teenager helping Bohs punch above their weight". The 42. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Gallagher, Aaron (14 January 2019). "19-year-old former Bohemians striker impresses with two goals on trial with Leicester City". The 42. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ali Reghba do 2027" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Cusack, Richard (16 January 2019). "Who is Ali Reghba? The lowdown on the new Leicester City striker". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "علي رغبة يدخل حسابات مدرب ليستر سيتي". ech-chaab.com.
  9. ↑ "CRB – Disponible pour le derby: Reghba, l'arme du Chabab face au MCA". competition.dz (in French). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  10. ↑ Mehenni, Sofiane (22 February 2022). "Ali-Mahdi Reghba pas encore qualifié". liberte-algerie.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  11. 1 2 Ali Reghba at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "Najboljši igralec makedonske lige Ali Regbha okrepil Maribor" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  13. ↑ O'Callaghan, Will. "Ali Reghba completes move to Leicester from Bohemians". OffTheBall. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Il a 20 ans et évoluer à Leicester City: Ali Reghba rêve de porter le maillot de l'Algérie". footalgerien.com (in French). 25 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Reghba veut jouer pour l'Algérie". L'Expression (in French). 14 September 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ali Reghba » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2025.